Meet The Team: Matt Highison

Q: Explain what you do on Star Trek Online.
A: My job is to turn the Awesome up to 11 on the Star Trek Online characters, creatures, and ships. With the rest of the Character team, I am building upon the amazingly robust costume creator in Champions Online, reworking it for the Star Trek universe, and adding in loads of new customization options designed especially for STO. Any one day could consist of modeling characters, painting textures, creating shaders, and implementing new tech.

Q: How long have you worked in gaming, and what did you do before working on Star Trek Online?
A: I started at Cryptic a bit over a year and a half ago working on Champions Online before moving over to STO. Before that I had various stints of contract work while attending the Art Institute of California, San Francisco.